Google is no longer forcing new users into making Google+ accounts

[techbeck]

Google has lifted its requirement that new Google users also create a Google+ account, Marketing Land reports. When you sign up for a Gmail, Google Docs, or other Google account, a new "No thanks" button lets you opt out of Google's social network.

 

Creating a Google+ account was never that much of a pain anyway, but lifting the requirement signals that Google is less committed than it once was when it comes to force-feeding Google+ to its users. And this is only the latest indication. In July, Google stopped forcing Google+ users to use their real names. In April, we reported that Google was doing away with its Sign In with Google+ buttons in favor of a more straightforward Sign In The Google button. Most recently, in August Bloomberg reported that Google was spinning out Google+ Photos, the social network's best feature, into its own service.

 

More....

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/20/6650961/google-is-no-longer-forcing-new-users-into-making-google-plus-accounts

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Rightfully so  :yes:

[neufuse Veteran]

I still haven't met anyone that actually uses Google+..... that wasn't forced to sign up for it that is

[spaceelf]

I still haven't met anyone that actually uses Google+..... that wasn't forced to sign up for it that is

I noticed Android people on my list often leave it enabled, though it's hard to say how much they use the service (as I don't.)

[LimeMaster]

This is a good sign. :)

 

Maybe now they'll fix the Google+ problem for the YouTube comment section as well.

[TAZMINATOR]

Good move!

[timster]

I've never used G+, but it was forced on me when I made an account on YouTube

[Arachno 1D]

The other trouble with G+ is linking images unlike imgur and others its a royal pain